Almost 40% of employees from food delivery startup Foodpanda’s Romania office have been asked to leave the company since Spanish speedy grocery unicorn Glovo acquired the business, Sifted has learnt.
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Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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